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Monday, December 15, 2014

The General Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is located in front
of the U.S. Capitol facing the Lincoln Memorial at the opposite site of the
Washington DC National Memorial Mall Parks.
Grant during the U.S. civil war (1861 to 1865) was a 4 stars General that served under the commands of President Abraham
Lincoln in order to preserve the Union.
With his armies Grant helped to defeat the traitors slaving forces of
the confederacy. Later on Grant became
President of the U.S. This collage
sketch took several hours during several days in different locations. I did the equestrian statue during a warm
sunny late November afternoon which is very unusual and there were diverse
groups of people enjoying the memorial.
During the following week after work I sketched a map of the Mall near
the Smithsonian "Castle". Few
days later I was working out in the Join Army & Marines base Fort Myers in
Arlington, VA and there were few soldiers practicing a civil war demonstration. I had the opportunity to sketch the style of
flag that the Union Soldiers carried to
battle as well as the symbols for a 4 stars General. The purpose of this sketch is to learn from
the past as well as to investigate the history of great individuals that
sacrificed for the U.S. Equestrian
Statue 2.0 hrs, Smithsonian Map 1.5 hrs, and Union Soldiers Practice
Demonstration 1hr. Total 4.5hrs Black
Ink on White Paper.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD sponsors a Community Orchestra that performs in the D.C. area. Many of the musicians are employees at the NIH, or their friends and relations. For this year's winter concert, they performed selections from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave, Kalinnikov's Symphony No. 1, and selections from Handel's Messiah (including the Hallelujah Chorus). I got there a little early and got to sketch them while they practiced - then finished the sketch during the actual performance.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Bruton Parish Church, in Colonial Williamsburg (about 3 hours from D.C.) has been in continuous use as a church since 1715. Many of the Founding Fathers, including Jefferson, Washington, Mason, and Henry once worshiped here, and it is still an active Episcopal congregation today.

This month, the church is hosting a different choir every night for a candlelight concert series. On Friday night, my dad's church choir from Winchester, Virginia sang Christmas songs to start off the season. The whole family came down to support him and enjoy the music in this space. My sister and I are both William and Mary graduates, so we all used to spend a lot of time together in Williamsburg, and it was fun to do that again - and show off Colonial Williamsburg and the College to my nephews.

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